Jessy Quinn Thornton autobiography : and related materials. Salem, Oregon : ms., 1879-1880.

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Jessy Quinn Thornton autobiography : and related materials. Salem, Oregon : ms., 1879-1880.

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Describes his overland journey of 1846; activities as Oregon lobbyist in Washington, 1848; interest in Oregon education; remarks on the Hudson's Bay Company claims and his relations with the Company's lobbyist; and publication of his book, Oregon and California in 1848 (New York, 1849). Bound in are three letters to H.H. Bancroft, 1879-1880.

Originals : 55 p. ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (58 exposures) : negative (Rich. 105:14) and positive.

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Hudson's Bay Company

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The Hudson's Bay Company began in 1670, and by the 1820s it had expanded to the Pacific Northwest. John McLoughlin served as the head of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia district. In this position, which McLoughlin held for twenty-one years, he oversaw the company's operations throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Researching the role Dr. McLoughlin played in the history of the Hudson's Bay Company were Robert C. Clark and Burt B. Barker. Both were historians at the University of Oregon wh...

Thornton, J. Quinn (Jessy Quinn), 1810-1888

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Born in Mason County, Virginia in 1810, Jessy Quinn Thornton was educated at the University of Virginia where he studied law. He later practiced law in Palmyra and Hannibal Missouri, and in Quincy, Illinois. In 1838 he married Nancy M. Logue at Hannibal. In 1846 he traveled overland to Oregon with his family. He became a judge of the Oregon Provisional Government's Supreme Court and was sent to Washington to lobby for the establishment of a territorial government. His works include Oregon and Ca...